Empower visually impaired people with smart glasses
Empower visually impaired people with smart glasses
Developing smart glasses and providing real-time visual assistance to visually impaired persons
Riding on the success of two prototype projects (namely, WeVision and WeVoice+) launched in 2021 with SIE Fund’s support, the venture aims to provide real-time visual assistance to visually impaired persons through the use of self-developed smart glasses and a mobile app. With a high-resolution camera and a bone-acoustic transmission device installed in the smart glasses, the backend staff or volunteers can offer visual support to the users via video calls. Apart from human support, recognition functions using artificial intelligence will also be available to assist the users to identify text, colour and banknotes.
Five persons with disabilities and/or from low-income families will be trained and hired to provide backend support to smart glasses users.
Two hundred pairs of smart glasses will be produced and sold to non-governmental organisations to benefit visually impaired persons.
Name of Organisation
Innospire Technology Limited
Approved Funding Amount
HK$499,999
Funding Period (Status)
1 year and 4 months (Ended)
Impact/Outcomes
- Confirmed 1 set of specifications of final product
- Produced 200 pairs of modified smart glasses
- Provided staff training to 20 disabled/ undereducated persons and employed 5 of them as staff
- Recruited 50 volunteers and provided training to them
- Recruited 200 visually impaired persons for trying out the smart glasses for 1 month
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